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Re: [SG] cimicifuga / Doll's Eyes?

Hi Cindy,
        Just as there are more than one species and selections of Cimicifuga,
there are more than one species of Actea to play with in the garden. There
are at least four that I am aware of. One with red berries from the West
Coast, holly - Red berries on rubra and black berries on spicata from
Europe. I have been threatening to purchase A. rubbra for some time now.
Last time I did I ended up with another Cimicifuga in the garden. A. pachy.
sometimes has red berries as well, but have not seen one for sale recently.
        Gene Bush     Southern Indiana    Zone 6a     Munchkin Nursery
          around the woods - around the world
genebush@otherside.com     http://www.munchkinnursery.com

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> From: Cindy Johnson <Cidjohnson@AOL.COM>
> To: shadegardens@MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU
> Subject: Re: [SG] cimicifuga / Doll's Eyes?
> Date: Thursday, June 18, 1998 1:46 AM
>
> In a message dated 6/17/98 9:21:09 PM Central Daylight Time,
> genebush@OTHERSIDE.COM writes:
>
> <<        Sounds as though you may have Doll's Eyes or Actea pachypoda.
> Foliage
>  looks almost exactly like the Cimicifuga except for size in height and
>  spread. >>
>
> Hi Gene,
>
> Funny you should mention this.  It is exactly what happened to me 2
springs
> ago.  I asked my aunt to pick up 2 of the white baneberries (Actea
pachypoda)
> at Winter Nursery in notherin Wisconsin which is near her cabin....a very
nice
> nursery, I might add.  She brought back 2 plants and told me how the
sales
> person was concerned that they might be Cimicifugas instead.  Well it
turned
> out that one was a Cimicifuga racemosa and the other was Actea pachypoda,
but
> I sure couldn't see what the difference while they were in their pots.  I
like
> both plants alot and have since gotten more of each!!
>
> Cindy Johnson
> White Bear Lake, MN
> zone 4a
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